{"id":2026,"date":"2016-11-06T03:51:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T03:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifelinecorp.com\/sg\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2020-10-29T08:20:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T08:20:12","slug":"id-rather-die-than-go-to-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifelinecorp.com\/my\/featured\/id-rather-die-than-go-to-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;d rather die than go to a home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A stroke in May last year did not kill Mr Goh Keng Char, but the depression that followed almost did.<br> Before the stroke, Mr Goh, then 77, lived alone in a one-bedroom Housing Board rental flat in Toa Payoh. His flat-mate of over 10 years had died a year earlier.<br> When he was discharged from Tan Tock Seng Hospital after a seven-week stay, Mr Goh, a bachelor, felt lonely and helpless, having to use a wheelchair to move<br> around.<br> &#8220;I cannot walk\u2026 I felt I had nothing to live for,&#8221; says the former water tank maintenance worker.<br> &#8220;I took the lift to the 12th floor of the block in my wheelchair and wanted to jump down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><br> Who is looking after the elderly?<br> Growing old: Should you be worried?<br>&#8216;I&#8217;d rather die than go to a home&#8217;<br>Right at home in a nursing home<br>There&#8217;s Hope for dementia patients<br>10,000 more healthcare workers needed in next 3 years<br> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/id-rather-die-than-go-to-a-home\">Read the full article on &#8220;The Straits Times&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stroke in May last year did not kill Mr Goh Keng Char, but the depression that followed almost did. 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